EDF STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
____ asserts that knowledge cannot be handed from one person to another (from
a teacher to a learner) but must be constructed by each learner through
interpreting and reinterpreting a constant flow of information. correct answer
constructivism
____ promoted the doctrine of the Golden Mean, or the notion that virtue lies in
a middle ground between two extremes. correct answer Aristotle
_____ asserts that the purpose of education is to help children find the meaning
and direction in their lives, and it rejects the notion that adults should or could
direct meaningful learning for children. correct answer plato
_____ organizes schools around the concerns, curiosity, and real-world
experiences of students. correct answer progrevvism
a call for accountability in financing of schools means that _____. correct answer
evidence that increased financial support results in educational progress.
A key assumption of multicultural education is that: correct answer effective
teachers recognize that students learn in different ways.
a new principal is concerned with the increasing incidents of cheating and
plagiarism occurring in her school. She wants to take effective measures to reduce
such incidences. Which of the following actions might be the most effective?
correct answer Teachers will help students to develop the skills to synthesize and
summarize information, use citations properly, and develop their own insights.
, A scientific theory, such as the theory of evolution, is: correct answer thoroughly
tested belief unlikely to change.
A teacher's right to freedom of speech as a citizen, regarding matters of public
concern is protected due to the holding in the correct answer pickering v. Board
of Education case.
A textbook covers twentieth-century U.S. history without mentioning the
continuing struggle for civil rights; and pictures throughout the text portray only
harmonious relations between the races. This is an example of a form of bias
known as: correct answer unreality
Aaron is a young man in his early twenties. He just returned home after serving in
the U.S. Army for 3 years. Now he hopes to go to college at his state university to
become an engineer. Which of the following federal acts would help Aaron to do
so? correct answer Servicemen's Readjustment Act
According to _____, the way to determine if an idea has merit is simple: Test it. If
the idea works in the real world, then it has merit. correct answer perennalism
According to Gardner, if one wants to develop students who are willing to face
hard truths and value honest behavior, the stress should be on the: correct
answer ethical mind
According to Jeannie Oakes, tracking persists in schools largely because _____.
correct answer teachers expect little from the low-track students and they do
little to improve student performance
WITH ACCURATE ANSWERS
____ asserts that knowledge cannot be handed from one person to another (from
a teacher to a learner) but must be constructed by each learner through
interpreting and reinterpreting a constant flow of information. correct answer
constructivism
____ promoted the doctrine of the Golden Mean, or the notion that virtue lies in
a middle ground between two extremes. correct answer Aristotle
_____ asserts that the purpose of education is to help children find the meaning
and direction in their lives, and it rejects the notion that adults should or could
direct meaningful learning for children. correct answer plato
_____ organizes schools around the concerns, curiosity, and real-world
experiences of students. correct answer progrevvism
a call for accountability in financing of schools means that _____. correct answer
evidence that increased financial support results in educational progress.
A key assumption of multicultural education is that: correct answer effective
teachers recognize that students learn in different ways.
a new principal is concerned with the increasing incidents of cheating and
plagiarism occurring in her school. She wants to take effective measures to reduce
such incidences. Which of the following actions might be the most effective?
correct answer Teachers will help students to develop the skills to synthesize and
summarize information, use citations properly, and develop their own insights.
, A scientific theory, such as the theory of evolution, is: correct answer thoroughly
tested belief unlikely to change.
A teacher's right to freedom of speech as a citizen, regarding matters of public
concern is protected due to the holding in the correct answer pickering v. Board
of Education case.
A textbook covers twentieth-century U.S. history without mentioning the
continuing struggle for civil rights; and pictures throughout the text portray only
harmonious relations between the races. This is an example of a form of bias
known as: correct answer unreality
Aaron is a young man in his early twenties. He just returned home after serving in
the U.S. Army for 3 years. Now he hopes to go to college at his state university to
become an engineer. Which of the following federal acts would help Aaron to do
so? correct answer Servicemen's Readjustment Act
According to _____, the way to determine if an idea has merit is simple: Test it. If
the idea works in the real world, then it has merit. correct answer perennalism
According to Gardner, if one wants to develop students who are willing to face
hard truths and value honest behavior, the stress should be on the: correct
answer ethical mind
According to Jeannie Oakes, tracking persists in schools largely because _____.
correct answer teachers expect little from the low-track students and they do
little to improve student performance
